Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cara Meow (Ship’s Xenoanthropologist and Sociologist) in Main Sim - Bridge - Unexpected Visitor?
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’’ Very well Lt I’ll take your advice, then the conference room it shall be..yes call all D’H’s to be present while its taking place .As for the Captain, unfortunately he won’t be attending bear with me I cannot give you any information as its classified but he’s in sickbay and being taken care off ‘’ there was as much as she could say ‘’Lt its up to you to take them to conference room ,I’ll be here on the bridge if you need me ‘’ Cross finished off then turned back to the AI =/\= It has been agreed that the meeting will be held on the ship in the conference room Lt Saelk shall be in charge.... any questions ?=/\=.

At that moment Hunter contacted the CMO =/\= Cross some good news ,the pathogen on Cara’s tail has been attacked by her immune system ,all the blood works came normal except for high white blood cells which is expected since its attacking the bacteria in a few words its dying …Hunter out =/\= .

Salek nodded “Well thats good, I still have the same reservations however.” He then looked over to the crewmen who sat at the Communications station. “Please open a ship wide Comm.”

Once he is given the go Salek speaks up. =^= Attention all Department heads this is Lt. Salek, your presence is requested in Confrence Room A. Salek out.=^= He made a small gesture with his hand to indicate the end of the transmission then nodded. He gestured for a NLt that was attending an axillary science station to take over the main station and with little else the Bulcan strode off of the bridge.

Cross waited until the CSO was off the bridge before making a slumping movement in the Captain’s chair .

The AI gave its reply, =/\= We will inform the Ascended representative of its arrival point to come. If there is nothing else I will return my matrix to standby mode. =/\= It queried.

=/\ = Acknowledged =/\= she replied while hoping the meeting won’t take long ,so the ship could eventually leave the orbit and be done with the Ascended.

Without any further words the screen shut off as the AI’s comm disconnected. Now they just had to setup in the next ten minutes in the conference room for the Ascended representative.

On entering the bridge Hunter made his way to where Cross was sitting and found her about to doze off . ‘’Cross ,Cross ‘’ he called while rolling his eyes .The female doctor nearly jumped out of the chair ‘’What ? ‘’ she exclaimed.

‘’Shut up Cross I came across something important while going through the scrolls..have you heard the word Va?’’ .The CMO nodded ‘’Yes the AI mentioned the word why ?’‘

‘’While I was down at the planet the inhabitants mentioned a deity called Va,they also said that the bacteria nearly killed their population though by time became immune to it and started to strive , my question is how much should we trust these highly technological Aliens ,what have they done to the natives ?’’ Hunter questioned.

By now Cross started pacing while thinking about everything the AI had said ‘’They have other similar structures , their main goal is for their next generation to became organic .The Ascended knew about the bacteria as another alien ship was trying to destroy their structure and by defending themselves this ship crashed on the planet thus where the bacteria came from ‘’ .

Hunter passed his fingers through his hair ‘’ Really Cross ..what if all they said is a lie ,put yourself in their position if they want to became organic would they not make a concerted effort towards achieving the best and producing the greatest advantage results for their next generation, irrelevant and unworthy of consideration of any harm they might do on those they experiment on ?’’ .

‘’Cross the CSO should know ‘’ suggested Hunter ‘’ Since he’s the one who’s going to speak with the Ascended ‘’.

Cross was still pacing but on hearing what the doctor had suggested she stopped ‘’Know what Hunter ? We have nothing more except hypotheses ,let him deal with it with an open mind ....Vulcans are excellent and highly skilled at that ‘’Cross retorted back ‘’ Beside I cannot just go and leave the bridge alone can I’‘.

Hunter stepped on the bridge once more ,he looked at the few crew doing whatever they were doing At least the bridge is still in one piece.
Moving towards Cross he found her tapping her fingers on the Captain’s chair ‘’ Is everything in order? ‘’ the male doctor asked, she responded by a side way glance then went back to look at some imaginary spot in front of her .

Hunter persisted ‘’Any news ?’’ to which the CMO responded ‘’ I have been informed about some kind of energy in the conference room, most probably from the ascended..so I guess ‘they ’ came ‘’.

The doctor nodded ‘’ Cross , Lt Verity is now our new Cmdr but maybe you already knew ?’’ the female doctor shook her head from side to side ‘’No I did not ‘’ after a few minutes of silence and still looking straight ahead she spoke in a neutral tone’’ I’ll shall congratulate her once I see her ‘’ and with that she started tapping her fingers out of restlessness and boredom .

‘’Doctor shouldn’t you be in sickbay by now and do keep an eye on the Captain ’ were Cross’s last words to Hunter before he exited the bridge. She did wonder what was going on in the conference room, cause until now the CMO had been left completely in the dark .

Cross was fed up looking at the black screen with tiny white dots scattered around,she thought about leaving before going crazy but still thought it was best to stay put just in case something happened .

Her thoughts now turned to the ascended and trying to figure out the reason that they so desperately wanted to research .Sure they had been studying the inhabitants for quiet some time , yet she wondered if or how in dept that study of learning or attaining knowledge had been.

The power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments logically. The doctor knew full well that it was not just the biological body but the fact of not just existing. The very nature and essence of a person ............taking into account the psychological , emotional ,maybe even spiritual of that being. At that point she stopped stood up and thought * Have I been mislead by my own thinking ....was it the other way round, they had been organic before ascending to an energy form? *.

If so what is it that they so desperately needed to know ?.

Cara arrived on the Bridge from Sickbay. At first, she didn’t notice Cross sitting in the dark with no one else on the Bridge. She hadn’t heard the announcement about the Conference Room meeting of Department Heads.

“Computer! Raise lighting 30%!” Cara instructed. As the lights came up, she finally saw the CMO in the Captain’s Chair, deep in her own thoughts.

“Oh! Sorry! I thought no one was here,” Cara said. “Though that would be odd, leaving no one in charge. Say, where is everyone anyway?”

• Cara Meow

Cross took a deep breath before replying ‘’The Captain, Cmdr and all D’H’s are in the conference room ..a meeting of sorts with an ascended I guess ‘’ and with a slight lift of her eyebrows went on ‘’The few that were left I send them away to take a break ,say why raised the lights ? ‘’ the doctor asked ‘’ I thought you can see better in the dark then us mere humans ‘’ .

‘’Hunter told me the good news about your immune system destroying the bacteria ,one less problem to worry about ‘’.
And again she jumped from one conversation to another ‘’ I’m wondering why nobody has given me any hint about what’s going on, guess I’m irrelevant ,of little importance and inappreciable ‘’ Cara could see her most remarkable feature .....her red eyes glowed with a savage inner fire .

Cross CMO.